You're not going to kiss him first? No, better not

Looks like Jim West has been fast-tracked for a lynching. Even his friends are lining up for ropes and axe handles.

Among the May 5 e-mails made public Tuesday was a letter of support from Anthony Bonanzino, chairman of the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, who praised West as a "great civic leader" and "a person I am proud to call friend."

On Monday, Bonanzino was among six business executives who sent West a letter urging him to allow a recall vote to proceed quickly."

Would you like thirty pieces of silver with that?